More than 200 children benefit from IAC Christmas outreach
The Indian Action Committee (IAC) hosted its annual Christmas outreach on Sunday, December 18, 2016 at Virginia Primary School, Cane Grove, East Coast Demerara (ECD), which was attended by more than 200 less fortunate children from the village.
The IAC provided each child with food and refreshments.
IAC Children’s Christmas Party at Virginia Primary School, Cane Grove, E.C.D
The IAC also entertained the children with music by Vijay Sound System of Enmore, ECD, which played a mixture of Christmas songs and chutney music – the latter to which some of the children danced to competitions for best male and female dancer; all dancers were provided with gifts, the organisation outlined in a release.
After all the children had eaten and the dancing competitions were over, each child was presented with a gift and a party bag containing cake, sandwiches, biscuits, lollipops, sweets and balloon by Santa Claus, who was performed by a person from the village of Cane Grove.
“The IAC wishes to express its gratitude to Gafoors, Sachi and Ashmins which allowed the organisation in its toy drive to place marked boxes at these locations and all those persons who generously dropped off toys in these boxes; and other generous donors who donated toys; and the following donors: Bakewell for providing all the bread to make sandwiches; Banks DIH Limited for a number of Icee drinks; DDL for Topco juices, CIDI for Juicly juices; Guyana Beverage Inc for Chubby soft drinks and Kool Kidz juices; ANSA McAL Trading for Mak-C drink mix; Survival Supermarket and Edward D Beharry and Co Ltd for sweets,” the release added. The IAC also expressed gratitude to Deryck Persaud, Regional Executive Officer of Region Four; and Tiffany Harvey, acting Regional Education Officer for permitting the use of the school for the event. Special thanks was also extended to Bibi Ramnarine, Deputy Head Mistress of Virginia Primary School; Neemawattie Baldeo, Chairperson of Cane Grove NDC and a number of villagers who volunteered to decorate, to organise the children, and to clean after the event.
The IAC over the last decade has brought joy and happiness to thousands of less fortunate children from all ethnic backgrounds and from all different religious backgrounds at its previous Christmas parties and will continue this tradition as long as the organisation remains in existence.
